41.   Even some talent agents took pay cuts.

42.   Finally, marketing companies and retailers take their cut, which can amount to half the cost charged to souvenir-hungry fans, according to memorabilia dealers.

43.   Fittingly, the champions got to take their cuts at Champions.

44.   Fornova has no intention of taking a cut of each transaction.

45.   For people who take a cut of the gross, this is a bonanza.

46.   Freeing buyers and sellers to do business without having the government take a cut of every transaction would be a shot of urban growth hormone.

47.   Getting lingerie to market, with ever-changing import duties, unreliable delivery systems and middlemen eager to take a cut, is perhaps the greatest challenge.

48.   Hamilton took his cut and the ball barely emerged, plopping into the rough at the top of the trap.

49.   He said he received only about a fifth of the compensation that he was promised because several corrupt local officials each took a cut.

50.   He took pay cuts.